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Nov. 15: A military DC-4 is repainted as the first El Al commercial aircraft to transport Chaim Weizmann from Geneva to Israel in September 1948. Photo: El Al Archives

This week in Israeli history: Nov. 10-16

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATIONPublished November 10, 2022

Nov. 10, 2004 — ‘Hatikvah’ Is Officially Declared National Anthem The Knesset officially adopts the Zionist song “Hatikvah” (“The Hope”) as Israel’s national anthem more than half a century after the founding of the state. Although the...

It’s about to get a lot harder for American Jews to explain Israel

By Michael Koplow, The ForwardPublished November 3, 2022
Jewish organizations are not prepared for what a far-right ascendance means for the US-Israel relationship

The reasons the right-religious bloc won the Israeli election

By Lenny Ben-David, JNSPublished November 3, 2022
American Jewish liberals should stop saying that the sky is falling.

As Israelis head to the polls, American Jewish leaders quietly fret about how they’ll respond to the results

Published November 1, 2022

CHICAGO (JTA) — It was 6 p.m. Monday night and the hallway of the Chicago hotel was suddenly filled with Israelis navigating suitcases through a throng of American Jews debating what to eat for dinner. They were headed to the airport for the last...

11 surprising figures about Israel’s 25th election

By Nicky Blackburn, Israel21cPublished October 31, 2022
Nov. 1 will mark Israel’s fifth time voting in 43 months. That’s quite a record. We take a look at some other interesting statistics around the election.
Photo of Reichman University entrance by Amit Geron

Google, Meta launch programs at Israeli universities

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c.orgPublished October 27, 2022

Over the past week, two Israeli universities revealed collaborations with “big five” technology companies. Google and Reichman University are founding a School of High-Tech that will prepare students for professions that are in high demand in the...

Israel is a video game powerhouse that’s storming the world market

Joshua Marks, Israel21c.orgPublished October 27, 2022

Israel is a global video game powerhouse experiencing rapid growth and the potential to grab an even greater market share with the right incentives in place. Those are the conclusions of a recent report from the global consulting firm Deloitte and...

5 Israeli TV series now streaming on ChaiFlicks for 30% off

5 Israeli TV series now streaming on ChaiFlicks for 30% off

Published October 27, 2022
From Israel’s #1 comedy to a kosher mystery-thriller: here are the five best Israeli TV series streaming right now on ChaiFlicks. Yes, all with English subtitles for the non-Hebrew speakers among us.

Israel and Lebanon sign US-brokered maritime boundaries deal

RON KAMPEAS, JTAPublished October 27, 2022

(JTA) — After years of negotiation and military posturing, Israel and Lebanon signed a U.S.-brokered agreement that establishes maritime boundaries between the countries, allowing each to explore for fossil fuels unthreatened by the prospect of an attack. Israeli...

Israel to build a museum dedicated to Albert Einstein at university he helped found

Published October 24, 2022

(JTA) — An $18 million museum dedicated to the legacy of Albert Einstein will be built in Jerusalem.  The Israeli government approved a plan Sunday to establish a new home for Einstein’s extensive materials, including some 85,000 documents, on the...

Trump again decries lack of US Jewish appreciation for him

Ron Kampeas, JTAPublished October 16, 2022

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Donald Trump, the former U.S. president, has once again said he is baffled by the lack of appreciation he feels coming from American Jews. “No president has done more for Israel than I have,” he said on Truth Social, the social...

Boys enjoying a bowl of soup in a HaNoar Haoved summer camp. Photo: Benno Rothenberg, the Meitar Collection, the Pritzker Family National Photography Collection, the National Library of Israel

The “happy mistake” that gave us the “soup almond”

Amit Naor, Special To The Jewish LightPublished October 13, 2022
How did a bureaucratic mix-up during Israel’s 1950s austerity period lead to one of Israel's most unique culinary innovations? How did an Ashkenazi Jewish Passover recipe end up on the holiday table of every Jewish Israeli, and where does the distinctive yellow color of the soup almond come from? In short, here is the story of Israel’s prized "shkedei marak"
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